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2012 Title Pg JOURNAL of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE STATE OF HAWAII REGULAR SESSION OF 2012 Convened Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Adjourned Thursday, May 3, 2012 OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE Twenty-Sixth Legislature of 2012 Speaker HONORABLE CALVIN K.Y. SAY ......................Honolulu, Oahu Vice Speaker HONORABLE JOEY MANAHAN .......................Honolulu, Oahu Chief Clerk CJ LEONG ..............................................................Honolulu, Oahu Assistant Clerk BRIAN L. TAKESHITA .........................................Honolulu, Oahu Sergeant-at-Arms KEVIN R. KURODA ..............................................Honolulu, Oahu Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms LEONARD PARESA, JR. ......................................Honolulu, Oahu i MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012 STATE OF HAWAII District No. Name District First Mark M. Nakashima (D) North Kohala, South Kohala, Hamakua, North Hilo, South Hilo Second Jerry L. Chang (D) South Hilo, Waiakea Kai, Kaumana, Keaukaha Third Clift Tsuji (D) South Hilo, Panaewa, Puna, Keaau, Kurtistown Fourth Faye P. Hanohano (D) Puna, Pahoa, Hawaiian Acres, Kalapana Fifth Robert N. Herkes (D) Puna, Kau, North Kona, South Kona Sixth Denny Coffman (D) North Kona, Keauhou, Kailua-Kona, Honokohau Seventh Cindy Evans (D) North Kona, South Kohala Eighth Joseph M. Souki (D) Wailuku, Waihee, Waiehu, Puuohala, Waikapu Ninth Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran (D) Wailuku, Puunene, Paia, Kahului, Spreckelsville Tenth Angus L.K. McKelvey (D) Lahaina, Kaanapali, Kapalua, Maalaea, Kihei Eleventh George R. Fontaine (R) Makena, Wailea, Kihei Twelfth Kyle T. Yamashita (D) Pukalani, Makawao, Olinda, Pulehu, Kula, Ulupalakua Thirteenth Mele Carroll (D) Kahoolawe, Molokini, Lanai, Molokai, Keanae, Wailua, Nahiku, Hana Fourteenth Derek S.K. Kawakami (D) Hanalei, Anahola, Kealia, Kapaa, Waipouli Fifteenth James Kunane Tokioka (D) Wailua Homesteads, Hanamaulu, Lihue, Puhi, Portion of Old Koloa Town, Omao Sixteenth Dee Morikawa (D) Niihau, Lehua, Koloa, Waimea Seventeenth Gene Ward (R) Kalama Valley, Hawaii Kai Eighteenth Mark J. Hashem (D) Hahaione, Kuliouou, Niu Valley, Hawaii Loa Ridge, Aina Haina, Wailupe, Kahala Nineteenth Barbara C. Marumoto (R) Kaimuki, Waialae, Kahala Twentieth Calvin K.Y. Say (D) St. Louis Heights, Palolo Valley, Maunalani Heights, Wilhelmina Rise, Kaimuki Twenty-First Scott Y. Nishimoto (D) Kaimuki, Kapahulu, Waikiki, Ala Wai, Diamond Head Twenty-Second Scott K. Saiki (D) Moiliili, McCully, Kaimuki Twenty-Third Tom Brower (D) Waikiki, Ala Moana, Kakaako Twenty-Fourth Isaac W. Choy (D) Manoa, University, Moiliili Twenty-Fifth Della Au Belatti (D) Tantalus, Makiki, McCully Twenty-Sixth Sylvia Luke (D) Dowsett Highlands, Pacific Heights, Pauoa, Punchbowl Twenty-Seventh Corinne W.L. Ching (R) Nuuanu, Puunui, Liliha, Alewa Heights ii District No. Name District Twenty-Eighth Karl Rhoads (D) Palama, Chinatown, Downtown, Lower Makiki, Sheridan Twenty-Ninth Joey Manahan (D) Sand Island, Mokauea, Kalihi Kai, Kapalama Thirtieth John Mizuno (D) Kamehameha Heights, Kalihi Valley, Fort Shafter Thirty-First Linda Ichiyama (D) Moanalua Valley, Moanalua, Salt Lake Thirty-Second Aaron Ling Johanson (R) Lower Pearlridge, Aiea, Halawa, Hickam, Pearl Harbor, Moanalua Gardens, Foster Village, Mapunapuna Thirty-Third Blake K. Oshiro (D) Aiea, Halawa Valley, Halawa Heights, Aiea Heights, Red Hill resigned on December 6, 2011 Tom Okamura (D) sworn in on January 18, 2012 resigned on February 2, 2012 Heather Giugni (D) sworn in on February 21, 2012 Thirty-Fourth K. Mark Takai (D) Newtown, Waiau, Pearl City, Waimalu Thirty-Fifth Henry J.C. Aquino (D) Pearl City, Waipahu Thirty-Sixth Roy M. Takumi (D) Pearl City, Momilani, Pacific Palisades, Manana Thirty-Seventh Ryan I. Yamane (D) Mililani, Waipio Gentry Thirty-Eighth Marilyn B. Lee (D) Mililani, Mililani Mauka Thirty-Ninth Marcus R. Oshiro (D) Wahiawa, Whitmore Village, Launani Valley Fortieth Sharon E. Har (D) Royal Kunia, Makakilo, Kapolei, Kalaeloa Forty-First Ty Cullen (D) Waipahu, Village Park, Waikele, Kunia Forty-Second Rida T.R. Cabanilla (D) Waipahu, Honouliuli, West Loch, Ewa Forty-Third Kymberly Marcos Pine (R) Ewa Beach, Iroquois Point, Puuloa Forty-Fourth Karen L. Awana (D) Honokai Hale, Nanakuli, Lualualei Forty-Fifth Jo Jordan (D) Waianae, Makaha, Makua Forty-Sixth Gil Riviere (R) Kunia Camp, Poamoho, Schofield, Mokuleia, Waialua, Haleiwa, Pupukea, Sunset, Laie, Kahuku Forty-Seventh Jessica Wooley (D) Laie, Hauula, Punaluu, Kahana, Kaaawa, Waikane, Kahaluu, Ahuimanu, Kaneohe Forty-Eighth Ken Ito (D) Heeia, Haiku Valley, Kapunahala, Kaneohe Forty-Ninth Pono Chong (D) Maunawili, Olomana, Enchanted Lake, Kaneohe Fiftieth Cynthia Thielen (R) Kailua, Kaneohe Bay Fifty-First Chris Lee (D) Lanikai, Waimanalo D – Democrats ---------------------------------------------------------- 43 R – Republicans -------------------------------------------------------- 8 iii HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REGULAR SESSION OF 2012 STANDING COMMITTEES EDUCATION EDUCATION – Chair, Roy Takumi; Vice Chair, Della Au Belatti. Henry J.C. Aquino, Karen L. Awana, Jerry L. Chang, Faye P. Hanohano, John M. Mizuno, Mark M. Nakashima, Scott Y. Nishimoto, Scott K. Saiki, K. Mark Takai, Jessica Wooley, George R. Fontaine, Aaron Ling Johanson. HIGHER EDUCATION – Chair, Scott Y. Nishimoto; Vice Chair, Mark M. Nakashima. Henry J.C. Aquino, Karen L. Awana, Della Au Belatti, Jerry L. Chang, Faye P. Hanohano, John M. Mizuno, Scott K. Saiki, K. Mark Takai, Roy M. Takumi, Jessica Wooley, Corinne W.L. Ching, Aaron Ling Johanson. HUMAN SERVICES HEALTH – Chair, Ryan I. Yamane; Vice Chair, Dee Morikawa. Della Au Belatti, Faye P. Hanohano, Jo Jordan, Chris Lee, John M. Mizuno, Jessica Wooley, Corinne W.L. Ching, Kymberly Marcos Pine. HUMAN SERVICES – Chair, John M. Mizuno; Vice Chair, Jo Jordan. Della Au Belatti, Faye P. Hanohano, Chris Lee, Dee Morikawa, Jessica Wooley, Ryan I. Yamane, Corinne W.L. Ching, Kymberly Marcos Pine. HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS – Chair, Faye P. Hanohano; Vice Chair, Chris Lee. Della Au Belatti, Jo Jordan, John M. Mizuno, Dee Morikawa, Jessica Wooley, Ryan I. Yamane, Kymberly Marcos Pine, Gene Ward. CULTURE & THE ARTS – Chair, Jessica Wooley; Vice Chair, Della Au Belatti. Faye P. Hanohano, Jo Jordan, Chris Lee, John M. Mizuno, Dee Morikawa, Kymberly Marcos Pine. PHYSICAL RESOURCES WATER, LAND, & OCEAN RESOURCES – Chair, Jerry L. Chang; Vice Chair, Sharon E. Har. Rida T.R. Cabanilla, Mele Carroll, Denny Coffman, Robert N. Herkes, Ken Ito, Derek S.K. Kawakami, Mark M. Nakashima, Gil Riviere, Cynthia Thielen. ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION – Chair, Denny Coffman; Vice Chair, Derek S.K. Kawakami. Rida T.R. Cabanilla, Mele Carroll, Jerry L. Chang, Sharon E. Har, Robert N. Herkes, Ken Ito, Mark M. Nakashima, Gil Riviere, Cynthia Thielen. HOUSING – Chair, Rida T.R. Cabanilla; Vice Chair, Ken Ito. Mele Carroll, Jerry L. Chang, Denny Coffman, Sharon E. Har, Robert N. Herkes, Derek S.K. Kawakami, Mark M. Nakashima, Kymberly Marcos Pine, Cynthia Thielen. JUSTICE & CONSUMER PROTECTION JUDICIARY – Chair, Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran; Vice Chair, Karl Rhoads. Tom Brower, Rida T.R. Cabanilla, Mele Carroll, Denny Coffman, Robert N. Herkes, Ken Ito, Sylvia Luke, Angus L.K. McKelvey, Joseph M. Souki, Clift Tsuji, George R. Fontaine, Barbara C. Marumoto, Cynthia Thielen. viii CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE – Chair, Robert N. Herkes; Vice Chair, Ryan I. Yamane. Tom Brower, Rida T.R. Cabanilla, Mele Carroll, Denny Coffman, Ken Ito, Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Sylvia Luke, Angus L.K. McKelvey, Joseph M. Souki, Clift Tsuji, Corinne W.L. Ching, Barbara C. Marumoto, Cynthia Thielen. GOVERNMENT RESOURCES & PUBLIC SAFETY TRANSPORTATION – Chair, Joseph M. Souki; Vice Chair, Linda Ichiyama. Henry J.C. Aquino, Ty Cullen, Marilyn B. Lee, Sylvia Luke, Scott K. Saiki, Roy M. Takumi, Kyle T. Yamashita, George R. Fontaine, Aaron Ling Johanson. LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT – Chair, Karl Rhoads; Vice Chair, Kyle T. Yamashita. Henry J.C. Aquino, Ty Cullen, Linda Ichiyama, Marilyn B. Lee, Sylvia Luke, Scott K. Saiki, Joseph M. Souki, Roy M. Takumi, George R. Fontaine, Aaron Ling Johanson. PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS – Chair, Henry J.C. Aquino; Vice Chair, Ty Cullen. Linda Ichiyama, Marilyn B. Lee, Sylvia Luke, Scott K. Saiki, Joseph M. Souki, K. Mark Takai, Roy M. Takumi, Kyle T. Yamashita, George R. Fontaine, Aaron Ling Johanson. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION & BUSINESS – Chair, Angus L.K. McKelvey; Vice Chair, Isaac W. Choy. Karen L. Awana, Tom Brower, Cindy Evans, Mark J. Hashem, Scott Y. Nishimoto, James Kunane Tokioka, Clift Tsuji, Barbara C. Marumoto, Kymberly Marcos Pine. AGRICULTURE – Chair, Clift Tsuji; Vice Chair, Mark J. Hashem. Karen L. Awana, Tom Brower, Isaac W. Choy, Cindy Evans, Angus L.K. McKelvey, Scott Y. Nishimoto, James Kunane Tokioka, Barbara C. Marumoto, Gil Riviere. TOURISM – Chair, Tom Brower; Vice Chair, James Kunane Tokioka. Karen L. Awana, Isaac W. Choy, Cindy Evans, Mark J. Hashem, Angus L.K. McKelvey, Scott Y. Nishimoto, Clift Tsuji, Corinne W.L. Ching, Barbara C. Marumoto. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS – Chair, Karen L. Awana, Vice Chair, Mark J. Hashem. Tom Brower, Isaac W. Choy, Cindy Evans, Angus L.K. McKelvey, Scott Y. Nishimoto, James Kunane Tokioka, Clift Tsuji, Barbara C. Marumoto, Gene Ward. FISCAL MANAGEMENT FINANCE – Chair, Marcus R. Oshiro; Vice Chair, Marilyn B. Lee. Isaac W. Choy, Ty Cullen, Heather Giugni, Sharon E. Har, Mark J. Hashem, Linda Ichiyama, Jo Jordan, Derek S.K. Kawakami, Chris Lee, Dee Morikawa, James Kunane
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